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Make sure you log in to your CarmenZoom profile, click “Settings” in the left sidebar, navigate to the “Virtual Background” option on the “Meeting” tab and verify that the setting is enabled. If you have never used a virtual background before: Visit /support/download and your download should automatically start within seconds. If you do not have your Zoom Desktop Client downloaded: The image will look backwards to you but will appear normal to the person viewing your video feed. Within the “Settings Virtual Background” tab, check the “Mirror my video” box. We also have a page of ocean backgrounds and one of sunset backgrounds.Pro tips If you want to make sure you aren’t O-I-H-O: Instructions for adding backgrounds to Zoom are available. Become a member or make a donation to the parks today. To save a background, just click on the photo or the download link to start saving the larger photo. These FREE backgrounds are available for download thanks to the support of our donors and members like you. Not seeing your favorite site in our gallery of backgrounds? Let us know at and we’ll try to find a fitting photo for you to share with your friends or coworkers.

You are one download away from surrounding yourself with the epic arches of the Golden Gate Bridge, the calming greenery of Muir Woods, or the refined masonry of Fort Point. Take your Google Hangouts, Microsoft Teams, or Zoom virtual backgrounds from boring to soaring by transporting you and your video-chat-mates to sites around the Golden Gate National Parks. Enter Parks Conservancy photo backgrounds and screensavers. Or maybe the wall behind you is the same color as your shirt and you’ll look like a floating head on your call. Your work setup is in the only quiet place you could find in the house but your housemates, kids, or relatives are busy milling around behind you.

We get it, you have a video conference call planned with 10 of your coworkers.
